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Extracting files from a media dump

Natalia Portillo edited this page Dec 19, 2017 · 5 revisions

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Command description

This operation will analyze and find all filesystems in a media dump and extract the files that are contained in supported filesystems

Command usage

DiscImageChef extract-files -i <dump> -o <output> -v [true/false] -d [true/false] -x [true/false] -e [encoding]

-i, --input=<dump> path to the media dump image
-o, --output=<output> directory where extracted file will be created. Must NOT exist.
-v, --verbose=[true/false] shows verbose output (default false)
-d, --debug=[true/false] shows debug output (default false)
-x, --xattrs=[true/false] extract extended attributes if present (default false)
-e, --encoding=[encoding] sets which encoding is used by the contents of the media dump (default varies by filesystem)

Example

DiscImageChef extract-files -i mydisc.cue -o contents -x -e iso8859-15

Operating system support

FreeBSD Yes
macOS Yes
Linux Yes
Windows Yes